Jharkhand education minister Jagarnath Mahato’s heath continues to deteriorate since he tested positive for coronavirus infection. His lungs have suffered to the extent that team of doctors at Medanta Hospital, Gurgaon have suggested a lung transplant. Dr. Jaiswal and Dr. Jatin Mehta of Gurgaon Medanta Hospital said that treatment currently underway in Medica is fine, but as the infection has increased considerably, his lungs have deteriorated to a great extent. He should be put on ventilator immediately and after 5 to 7 days, when the minister’s condition improves, he could be shifted to a hospital where lung transplant could be done.
The Education Minister tested positive for the virus on 28 September. He was then admitted to the Covid Center in RIMS. On October 1, he was admitted to Medica Hospital where he has been getting treatment since. Dr. Pradeep Bhattacharya informed that the situation of the education minister had become so critical last night that he had to be given more than 100 percent high flow oxygen. Until now he had been put on ventilation by masks, but now will be put on ventilation through tubes. TB and chest specialist Dr. Brajesh Mishra said that the lung works in two parts. Air is exchanged through one side and blood vessels are on the other side, from where blood reaches different parts of the body when lungs get oxygen. Due to high flow oxygen, it is reaching the lungs, but due to the spread of infection, oxygen cannot take the blood to different parts of the body. Due to this, his condition remains critical.
An expert team of doctors from RIMS constituted by the Health Minister to treat the Minister had stated the condition of the Education Minister as serious. After this, two expert teams from Gurgaon Medanta Hospital on Saturday were to come to Medica Hospital Ranchi on a chartered plane to review the health of the minister. When they could not make it, they inquired about the minister’s condition through video conferencing. On Saturday, Medanta’s expert team spoke to Dr. Pradeep Bhattacharya, Head of Critical Care, RIMS, Dr. Umesh Prasad, Incharge, Medicine Department, and Dr. Brajesh Mishra, Corona Nodal Officer.
